https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 09:33:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1080108 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:22:32 +0000 shopaholic 1080108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have sort of stuck with the Anniversary List, until this year. Honestly, it gets harder to remember which gift was for what now!</p> <p>1st: (Paper) DH gave me a bunch of Love-themed books, with love notes written in each one. Still makes me teary-eyed when I think of it. I was at a loss (and poor). I gave him is "paper" pictures of his bachelor party fishing trip framed and matted for his office.<br /> 2: (Cotton) Cotton boxers that I hand-embroidered with a heart and our initials (only part of the gift). I got lingerie. Go figure.<br /> 3: (Leather) Vintage Gold Omega watch with Leather straps. I got a gorgeous quilted KS purse.<br /> 4: This one seems confusing because we have something that says "Linen". Other sites said Fruit/Flowers or Appliances. DH ventured away from the list and got me a diamond anniversary ring. I forget what I gave him!<br /> 5: (Wood or Silverware) A stretch from me, but I got him a "silver-tone" Hugo Boss Tie Bar. My gift was a combo V-day/Anniv gift I picked myself (a Michele watch).</p> <p>I think we are done with the Anniversary gifts by year (though I'll always try to have a "little" something to keep with the theme. But I won't enforce any of the traditions till we hit 10 years! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1080097 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:20:19 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1080097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: LOL Our 3rd will be next year, shortly after baby #2 comes... I hope I remember it! We haven't really followed the traditional. I would rather get something useful that we really want/need. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1080062 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:15:53 +0000 mrs. wagon 1080062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: lol as I was typing it out I thought of your dh! I even wrapped it in the team colors, blue and orange! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1080048 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:12:27 +0000 shopaholic 1080048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Niiice! Well played my friend, well played! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1080044 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:11:53 +0000 mrs. wagon 1080044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: he loved it!! I hid the ball inside the glove so he thought the glove was the whole gift. Then he turned it over and saw the ball! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079978 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:01:10 +0000 lovehoneybee 1079978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Oh I like the baseball/glove idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079932 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:53:02 +0000 mrs. wagon 1079932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: lol... tin soldier? roll of foil? haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079927 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:51:37 +0000 regberadaisy 1079927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: LOL! The mister better go modern! How do you even translate that into a gift??? I'm totally wrapping a box of aluminum foil as a gag gift. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079924 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:51:13 +0000 mrs. wagon 1079924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: tin and aluminum!! no fun!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079918 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:50:28 +0000 regberadaisy 1079918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: haah what's traditional for 10th?? hehee </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079910 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:49:28 +0000 mrs. wagon 1079910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: hehe. I swear, we decided to do this on the 3rd anniversary and the first 2 just happened to fit the criteria. It's meant to beeeeee! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079902 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:47:52 +0000 regberadaisy 1079902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: hahahah you totally did not pre-figure that out, I'm sure. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079873 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:42:38 +0000 mrs. wagon 1079873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we rotate which person gets the traditional gift. We also choose between traditional or modern gifts.</p> <p>1st: he got Mets NLCS tickets (paper)<br /> 2nd: I got a Burberry rain coat (cotton)<br /> 3rd: he got a baseball glove and a signed David Wright ball (leather)<br /> 4th: I got a kitchenaid stand mixer (appliances)<br /> 5th: he got a silver Movado watch (silverware... silver wear. get it?)<br /> 6th: I got a Movado watch (iron... this was a stretch)<br /> 7th: he got an LL Bean sweater (wool)<br /> 8th: this year we plan on getting ourselves a king sized bed (linens)</p> <p>ETA: I'm excited for the 10th because it's my turn and the modern gift is diamond jewelry. Score!!! haha.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079794 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:23:51 +0000 Smurfette 1079794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't exchange gifts, just cards and a nice dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079715 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:59:59 +0000 jhd 1079715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are not good at gifts, but we got our 1st iPhones for our 3rd anniversary this summer. So definitely not traditional! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079596 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:29:45 +0000 cascademom 1079596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't go traditional at all:<br /> 1st: DSLR camera<br /> 2nd: trip to visit friends in Charleston, SC<br /> 3rd: didn't really get anything since LO was a couple months old<br /> 4th: tile backsplash for our kitchen. We're doing a bunch of repairs and renovations before we put our condo on the market </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079591 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:27:42 +0000 hilsy85 1079591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do!</p> <p>1st--paper: I got him a laser cut paper print with a lyric from our first dance song<br /> 2nd--cotton: a robe<br /> 3rd--leather/crystal: I'm getting him a set of crystal whisky tumblers.</p> <p> @lovehoneybee: 3rd is leather OR crystal/glass (in the "modern" list). I'm going with crystal because I can't think of anything leather! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079584 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:25:28 +0000 LindsayInNY 1079584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have!</p> <p>1st - paper - I gave Sox/Yankees tickets, he gave Kindle<br /> 2nd - cotton - I gave a sweater, he gave pajamas<br /> 3rd - leather - Later this month but we picked out gifts already... He got his fancy shoes redone (resoled, finished, etc.) and I'm getting a new Michael Kors bag for work, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079504 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:03:50 +0000 Adira 1079504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: @lovehoneybee: I'm guessing because me and my brother have always gotten THEM something for their anniversary, so now that I'm married, I get something for mine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079475 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:56:44 +0000 lovehoneybee 1079475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: That's really cute! My ILs send us a card every year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079471 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:55:44 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1079471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: that's so sweet your mom celebrates your anniversary. Mine always remembers the day after when she calls for my bday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079459 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:53:31 +0000 lovehoneybee 1079459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: I seriously doubt he'd wear a cuff, or a watch ("I have the time on my phone!") Maybe a new wallet? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079450 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:52:12 +0000 regberadaisy 1079450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: would he wear a leather cuff? There are some really nice ones on Etsy.<br /> Watch with a leather band? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079447 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:51:35 +0000 Adira 1079447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't, but my mom has for us!</p> <p>1: a painting of Hawaii (where we honeymooned)<br /> 2: a pair of throw pillow covers (and the pillows)<br /> 3: a leather picture frame</p> <p>I'm curious to see what we'll get this year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079445 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:51:02 +0000 lovehoneybee 1079445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: Oo the Adventure Book is really cute! Probably something I'd appreciate more than him though, sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079442 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:50:14 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1079442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. We celebrated our third last week by exchanging cards and eating cake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079438 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:48:59 +0000 regberadaisy 1079438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, for the first one I framed our personalized vows.<br /> Second, I got him a cotton hammock with stand.<br /> Third, we actually said no gifts but I would have gotten him a UP styled leather adventure book off Etsy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079435 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:48:30 +0000 MapleMoose 1079435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We recently celebrated our first and DH surprised me with a replica of the top of our wedding cake from the same baker. :heart: He got serious brownie points for giving a 9-month pregnant woman cake. :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traditional-wedding-anniversary-gifts#post-1079425 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:46:15 +0000 lovehoneybee 1079425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you follow them? </p> <p>I did for our first anniversary, and maybe our second too, but I don't remember (E was still pretty new and I hardly remember our anniversary, whoops!) </p> <p>Our third is in about a month, and the google tells me it's the leather anniversary. Although several things come to mind, I'm not sure he would be into them/not something he could tell people about (boom chicka! ;) )</p> <p>What did you give your DH for your third anniversary (or any anniversary!) Did you follow the traditional gift materials or just say Eff It? </p>